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Hala Strana
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quoting an essay about Steven R. Smith by ‘Emperor Jones’:
Hala Strana is a summation of Steven R. Smith’s interest in the traditional folk musics of Central and Eastern Europe. By incorporating the melodies, scales, and instrumentation of the village music from areas such as Croatia, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland, Steven has pushed his music into yet another new territory. This is not ethnological preservation, but a starting point. In the same manner from which The Band transformed the sounds of early Americana into their own brand of timeless music, Hala Strana has abstracted these melodies and turned them into something uniquely their own.
Like his previous solo work, Hala Strana’s richly layered sounds are carefully placed but have a spontaneous feel. Instruments like gourd guitar, clay flowerpots, glockenspiel, violin and even bottles find their way into the mix.
Hala Strana is a summation of Steven R. Smith’s interest in the traditional folk musics of Central and Eastern Europe. By incorporating the melodies, scales, and instrumentation of the village music from areas such as Croatia, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland, Steven has pushed his music into yet another new territory. This is not ethnological preservation, but a starting point. In the same manner from which The Band transformed the sounds of early Americana into their own brand of timeless music, Hala Strana has abstracted these melodies and turned them into something uniquely their own.
Like his previous solo work, Hala Strana’s richly layered sounds are carefully placed but have a spontaneous feel. Instruments like gourd guitar, clay flowerpots, glockenspiel, violin and even bottles find their way into the mix.
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Villages
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Herding Slip
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Stouthrief
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Streets of Raised Platforms
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Stria
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terrene
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Cinnamon Shops
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The Split Tree
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Lasting
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Doves Fielding Coal
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Quarter Mesto
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A Sudden Walk
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Jestingstock
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Alate
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Shoutbox
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WizardOnWizard wrote:
sitting on the porch of a haunted house atop a farm at dusk
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sunwheel108 wrote:
really beautiful
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Clashnroller wrote:
Self titled is awesome.
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parxx wrote:
it could be Malá Strana - in Czech "A little side", quarter of Prague (also on the picture of Fielding album)
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lovelikesummer wrote:
magical
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burialchamber wrote:
you & me both
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hablador wrote:
'may be your soul is sitting by the river Odra again..
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dicktone wrote:
...new favorite sound around....
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Smirnon wrote:
"Seavas tagged Hala Strana with neofolk"... no
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Suuryykatka wrote:
Beautiful!
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Smirnon wrote:
i don't think this man can do anything sub-par. it's all good to great
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Degarmo wrote:
no
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Q__Q wrote:
does fielding remind anyone else of the braid soundtrack?
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evanmbk wrote:
so much.. out of tune..ness... hmmm.. but otherwise really creative :)
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insomniacme wrote:
<3
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delmar_ wrote:
Marl
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hranol wrote:
Mala Strana
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Piotrsings wrote:
amazing amazing amazing
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UntilYouReform wrote:
It sounds like I'm sitting on the bank of a river somewhere in the middle of nowhere in either the Cascade Mountains or the Appalachians. Either way, awesome.
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Degarmo wrote:
"new weird america is such an annoying anglocentric tag" < agreed
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